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civilization luxury selfishness
A semi-civilized state of society, equally removed from the extremes of barbarity and of refinement, seems to be that particular meridian under which all the reciprocities and gratuities of hospitality do most readily flourish and abound. For it so happens that the ease, the luxury, and the abundance of the highest state of civilization, are as productive of selfishness, as the difficulties, the privations, and the sterilities of he lowest. Charles Caleb Colton
civilization saws ends
I saw someone peeing in Jermym Street the other day. I thought, is this the end of civilization as we know it? Or is it simply someone peeing in Jermyn Street? Alan Bennett
civilization solitude going-out
Modern civilization is so complex as to make the devotional life all but impossible. It wears us out by multiplying distractions and beats us down by destroying our solitude, where otherwise we might drink and renew our strength before going out to face the world again. Aiden Wilson Tozer
civilization doubt moral
I have no doubt that historians will conclude that we of the twentieth century had intelligence enough to create a great civilization but not the moral wisdom to preserve it.
civilization stuff jingles
Freedom!- is the fatuous jingle of our civilization, but only those deprived of it have the barest inkling re: what the stuff actually is. David Mitchell
civilization creating alternatives
It's a difficult business, creating a new, alternative civilization. David Graeber
civilization climate-change humans
More than any other time in history, the 1990s will be a turning point for human civilization. David Suzuki
civilization age generations
Generations do not age. Every youth of any period, any civilization, has the same possibilities as always. Cesare Pavese
civilization savages fragility
They do not understand the fragility of civilization and the constant nearness of savage nature. Camille Paglia
crumbling enticing horrifying imagine time
I just like a dirty, crumbling city. The Gotham I imagine is enticing and horrifying at the same time. Lee Bermejo
crumbling needs upkeep
An education is like a crumbling building that needs constant upkeep with repairs and additions. Edith Wharton
crumbling democrats fund jobs obama pushed railways rate repair ticking time
We actually know that our crumbling pipelines, roads, and bridges are ticking time bombs. That is why President Obama and Congressional Democrats have pushed to fund jobs that repair our roads, runways, and railways - we can't have first rate American communities with third-world American infrastructure. Christine Pelosi
crumbling influence marriage men war women
In many ways, the crumbling of the institution of marriage is the real 'war on women.' Marriage is the civilizing influence for men and for families. Tim Huelskamp
crumbling disclosure idol skeleton surprised
Never be surprised at the crumbling of an idol or the disclosure of a skeleton
crumbling sync
I am crumbling in sync with old Hackney. Iain Sinclair
crumbling seems
What do you do? You battle. It's the NHL playoffs. (But) it seems like everything is crumbling down around us.
crumbling deal decades due far health prepared threat time
We are far better prepared to deal effectively with a public-health threat than we were in 2001, a time when America's public-health infrastructure was crumbling due to decades of neglect.
crumbling fellow man sound sweeter
There is no sweeter sound than the crumbling of your fellow man Groucho Marx
finest men talked
When you talked about the Orioles, you talked about Elrod. Elrod Hendricks was one of the finest men I have ever met.
finest emperor plans
The finest plans are always ruined by the littleness of those who ought to carry them out, for emperor himself can actually be nothing. Bertolt Brecht
finest spoiled should
The finest plans have always been spoiled by the littleness of them that should carry them out. Even emperors can't do it all by themselves.
finest work
Some of our finest work comes through service to others. Gordon B. Hinckley
finest musicians nashville
We had some of the finest musicians in Nashville contributing to this album. Steve Young
finest gentlemen industry lost
We have lost one of the finest gentlemen this industry ever knew, Johnny Grant
finest outfit perhaps
The gold iridescent 'Naked' outfit is perhaps not my finest moment.
finest offers robin
My editor, Robin Robertson, is one of this country's finest poets, so I listen to him when he offers advice. John Burnside
finest love people space truly worked
The people that I have worked with have just been superb, just the finest professionals, people who truly love the space program. Eileen collins
good-morning beauty nature
Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy that we can scarcely mark their progress. Charles Dickens
good-friend trying disability
Try not to associate bodily defect with mental, my good friend, except for a solid reason
good-life two evil
Of two evils, it is perhaps less injurious to society, that good doctrine should be accompanied by a bad life, than that a good life should lend its support to a bad doctrine.
good-things cruelty
A good thing can't be cruel.
good-man energy attention
Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful. Charles Simmons
good-day writing emotional
If you give me a typewriter and I'm having a good day, I can write a scene that will astonish its readers. That will perhaps make them laugh, perhaps make them cry - that will have some emotional clout to it. It doesn't cost much to do that. Alan Moore
goodbye farewell heart
The best things said come last. People will talk for hours saying nothing much and then linger at the door with words that come with a rush from the heart. Alan Alda
good-movie complicated enjoyable
A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it. Akira Kurosawa
good looking
We want them all to go on, and realistically they all have a shot. They all want to be state-placers and they're all looking to be pretty tough. I just want them all to have a good time.
mindfulness weapons germs
Mindfulness is like a microscope; it is neither an offensive nor defensive weapon in relation to the germs we observe through it. The function of the microscope is just to clearly present what is there. Chogyam Trungpa
mindfulness understood
Life cannot be lived, and understood, simultaneously. Aristotle
mindfulness here-and-now sensitivity
To be in touch with yourself requires great sensitivity to everything that's going on here and now. Deepak Chopra
mindfulness doorways infinite
Every present moment will offer itself as a window onto eternity, a doorway to the infinite.
mindful people positive quite stay watch
I know that I do have influence over the people who watch me, and it's quite a pressure. I have to stay positive, and while I would never use the words 'role model', I am mindful of the responsibilities that come with a substantial viewership. Zoe Sugg
mindful near
We are mindful we are right near town.
mindfulness moments our-relationship
If your relationship to the present moment is not right - nothing can ever be right in the future - because when the future comes - it's the present moment. Eckhart Tolle
mindfulness welcome moments
Welcome to the present moment. Here. Now. The only moment there ever is.
mindfulness inward stopping
Mindfulness has helped me succeed in almost every dimension of my life. By stopping regularly to look inward and become aware of my mental state, I stay connected to the source of my actions and thoughts and can guide them with considerably more intention. Dustin Moskovitz